RE: [Flashcoders] Local machine data manipulation

2005-10-27 Thread Roy Pardi
At 11:45 AM +0100 10/27/05, Nick Weekes wrote: Thanks for the comments Jesse. One question on Director though (before going waaay OT), is it possible to perform local file write operations while still in the browser, or do these have to be projector files, i.e. standalone executables? Using a

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Macromedia Central - is it a flop?

2005-10-27 Thread Roy Pardi
At 8:35 PM -0400 10/27/05, Count Schemula wrote: I don't think normal people have any clue that Central exists. Macromedia creates a lot of things and then lets them die. Remember the whole shockwave game player? Or even shockwave? Or Director MUS? Seriously! It's kind of amazingly

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 8 inside Director MX 2004

2006-01-18 Thread Roy Pardi
At 3:59 PM -0800 1/18/06, Ralph Caraveo wrote: Hey List, Trying to figure out if it's possible to use Flash 8 with the new built in effects within Director mx 2004? Has anyone gotten this to work or is the only solution to just wait and see if Macromedia *feels* like updating Director? From

[Flashcoders] Flash and Midi

2006-01-29 Thread Roy Pardi
Anyone know of a cross-platform solution for receiving and sending midi events from within Flash? I've seen a few projects out there but they mostly seem beta/proof of concept or PC only. I'm looking at options for converting a music education program done in Director using the Sequence Xtra to

[Flashcoders] Shape tweens through AS?

2006-03-06 Thread Roy Pardi
I haven't dug very deeply into the tween class. Anyone know if it is possible to do shape tweens with it (or has someone written a custom class to do this)? thanks! --Roy -- - Studio Blog: http://www.roypardi.com/studio/

Re: [Flashcoders] Shape tweens through AS?

2006-03-06 Thread Roy Pardi
At 6:08 PM -0300 3/6/06, Zeh Fernando wrote: Well, short answer: you can't do it. It isn't a matter of building classes for it; you can't just modify an existing drawing. thanks for the succinct answer! I'm coming to AS from the Director/Lingo side of the street. In Director, the Vector Shape

RE: [Flashcoders] Webcam color tracking

2006-09-14 Thread Roy Pardi
At 8:51 AM +0200 9/13/06, dan wrote: Cheak out http://www.tipo.co.il/media/doritos/ I use color + motion traking to find hands and track them Has anyone tried any pattern/face reco routines in AS? I imagine it would be slow but maybe with small bitmaps it wouldn't be too bad (for fun and art,

Re: [Flashcoders] [semi-OT] - Preventing Software Piracy

2007-04-11 Thread Roy Pardi
At 5:53 PM +0100 4/11/07, Blumenthal, Peter wrote: Hi List. I'm interested in hearing people's thoughts on the issues surrounding prevention of software piracy on Flash based applications, released on CD-ROM. Since you are running in Director, one technique I have used in the past which may

[Flashcoders] examples of scripting the Flash application?

2007-06-05 Thread Roy Pardi
Would anyone have links handy of example for scripting the Flash app? Even better would be data driven scripting. I have a client who has frequent need of generating simple timelines that consist of instancing a movieClip from the Library, naming it and entering some display text in the clip. I

Re: [Flashcoders] examples of scripting the Flash application?

2007-06-07 Thread Roy Pardi
At 11:53 AM +0200 6/7/07, Muzak wrote: And wich part are you having problems with? Well, I've been digging around for examples (for instance, of opening a file picker) so I can see JSFL in action along with info on any dead ends or other issues that would indicate that what I want to do isn't

Re: [Flashcoders] examples of scripting the Flash application?

2007-06-07 Thread Roy Pardi
( fileURL); fl.trace(str); Note that file content is returned as a String. regards, Muzak - Original Message - From: Roy Pardi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 4:42 PM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] examples of scripting the Flash application

Re: [Flashcoders] examples of scripting the Flash application?

2007-06-07 Thread Roy Pardi
: Roy Pardi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 4:42 PM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] examples of scripting the Flash application? At 11:53 AM +0200 6/7/07, Muzak wrote: And wich part are you having problems with? Well, I've been digging around

Re: [Flashcoders] Intro to OOP using ActionScript

2007-08-19 Thread Roy Pardi
At 8:19 PM -0400 8/19/07, Mike Reilly wrote: Hi there - I'm a high school teacher who's decided to teach Intro to Programming using Actionscript (2.0 for now, waiting for the school to upgrade). I'd prefer to take an OO approach, and use games in doing so. For example, my first game would be a

Re: [Flashcoders] Intro to OOP using ActionScript

2007-08-20 Thread Roy Pardi
At 11:43 PM -0700 8/19/07, Steven Sacks wrote: If these students have no experience programming, you just can't start with OOP. They have no foundation to understand the concepts. You have to walk before you can run, and OOP is definitely runners territory. Students with no programming

Re: [Flashcoders] Intro to OOP using ActionScript

2007-08-20 Thread Roy Pardi
At 9:54 PM -0400 8/19/07, Mike Reilly wrote: I think we're on the same path Roy. While I have some future coders, this is Intro for 9th-11th grade kids, so my task is to teach but also whet their appetite for more. My deeper desire is to do it as OO as possible, to better prepare them for AP

RE: [Flashcoders] [OT} simple math problem (cubic easing)

2007-08-30 Thread Roy Pardi
At 11:30 AM -0400 8/27/07, Mendelsohn, Michael wrote: Hi Roy... How ya been? You could perhaps try something like this. - Michael M. hey Michael~ Things are good; hope all is well with you! The end code for this will be in the C-like language that the Wiring microcontroller uses but I'm